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Friday, 28 November 2014

Challenge #20 - Birds of a feather

Good morning everyone and welcome to a new challenge here at A Vintage Journey!

In
the last couple of years we have seen an abundance of paper designs,
dies and embossing folders all depicting birds and bird themes. So, in
order to give everyone the widest opportunity of joining in our
challenge the theme I've chosen for the next two weeks is....

'BIRDS OF A FEATHER'

We'd
like to see what you can create. We don't mind whether it's a card, a
tag, a scrapbook layout, a journal page, altered art, home decor or
anything else as long as (a) it meets our THEME and (b) you follow our RULES.

Our winner receives a £10 shop voucher from our wonderful sponsor, Country View Crafts
as well as a blog badge and the opportunity to join us here as a guest
for a future month's challenge. We also award 'Pinworthy' badges to 3
runners up.

As usual, our fabulous team of Creative Guides have put together their selection for you to see to get you fired up and raring to go...

I adore anything to do with birds so I guess there's no surprise in my
choosing this theme. I've used several Tim techniques and products on my matching birthday set but I've mixed in some B-Line stamps and Sizzix die cuts too! More details HERE.

What
a fun theme from Chris for this fortnight. My block is jam packed with
Tim's goodies and techniques from the cage to the letter press blocks.
I hope you will stop by my blog here to see photos of all four sides.

Chris's
challenge was the perfect opportunity for me to make this sweet needle
felted owl from a kit I purchased several years ago. I placed him on a
tree branch from my backyard inside a Configuration Box decorated with
many of Tim's Idea-ology pieces.
You can see just how I created my woods hollow scene on my blog post here

I
just had to use the gorgeous birdcage die and lots of distress crackle
paste for my contribution this month. I love a neutral pallet so kept it
in blacks, greys and whites. If you would like to see some more
details, please hop over to Addicted to Art.

With
very little in the way of birdie stash other than those wonderful
Wallflower Stack papers I used a tutorial by Aida (one of Tim's Mixed
Media Team) as inspiration for my canvas and making my little bird house
from the Artful Dwellings Die. If you want to see the fun I had
creating this then hop on over to my blog for more pictures and details (and a link to Aida's tutorial of course!)

With
Christmas coming ever closer, I decided to use this challenge theme to
create a Christmas gift for a crafty friend. It's not just a card, but a
tag and/or gift card holder. For a step by step and more photos of
course, visit my blog.

I was inspired to use cardboard on this project after Tim
used this on his inspirational November tag. I also recently purchased some of the new
Distress Spray Stains, so how could I resist having a play with them. If you
would like to see how I made my wall hanging please pop over to Juliz Design Post.

I've
gone simple for this one... a couple of very wintry tags featuring
birds and bare branches. There are lots of Tim Holtz products involved -
Distress Inks, Idea-ology, Layered Stencils, most of the stamps and
more - but more than anything else, these pay tribute to the initial
inspiration that got me hooked on this whole business - Tim's stamped
and inked tags. Come and see some close-ups at Words and Pictures.

Oh
how I love birds and was so thrilled when Chris chose this challenge
theme. I have had birds most of my life, so it is always such fun to
work these into challenges and DT work. Keeping in true Tim style, I
have used his Distress inks, designer paper, stencil and some other fun
stuff along with my stamps of choice! For all the details please click HERE.

I've
really come back to collage work at the moment and combined it with
mixed media and made a wall hanging inspired by Tim’s papers, images and
ephemera and the fact that he has a fabulous mixed-media team who
create some wonderful pieces to share with us.

Now you've seen our line up it's time for YOU
to get busy. Get out your inks, paints, chalks, Gelatos etc and grab
your bird dies, stencils, masks, stamps, whatever avian stash you
have and conjure up something that sings of our feathered friends.
Whatever you create, we want
to see Tim's influence clearly identified. Let's see your magic folks!
>:o)

We hope you have lots of fun with this and join in with us, we can't wait to see all your fabulous entries - good luck!

I'm sorry, but I can't seem to locate the link to join in this challenge. I've looked but I don't see how to link up to the challenge. I must be missing it, but here is a direct link to my project: http://linseyrickett.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-twitterpated-christmas.html. Sorry to be a pain! :/